Huron County

Population FACT SHEET

Issue 1

2013 FACT SHEET -- Huron County, ,

Huron County Population Change 1996 - 2011 Huron County is home to 5 towns, 5 villages, over 60 70,000 hamlets, and divided into 9 60,000

municipalities: 50,000 60,020 59,701 59,325 59,100 40,000 . Ashfield-Colborne-Wawanosh

30,000 . Bluewater .

Population 20,000 . Goderich 10,000 . Howick 0 . Huron East 1996 2001 2006 2011 . Morris -Turnberry . North Huron Census years .

Huron County Population Change by Municipality 2001 - 2011 4.0 10,000 3.2 3.0 2.0 8,000 1.0 0.3 6,000 0.0 -0.4 -0.7 -0.6 -0.7 -0.5 -1.1 -1.0 4,000 -2.0 -2.6 -3.0 2,000 -4.0 0 -5.0 Ashfield- Central Morris- North South Colborne- Bluewater Goderich Howick Huron East Huron Turnberry Huron Huron Wawanosh 2001 5,411 6,919 7,806 7,604 3,779 9,680 3,499 4,984 10,019 2006 5,409 7,120 7,641 7,563 3,882 9,310 3,403 5,015 9,982 2011 5,582 7,044 7,591 7,521 3,856 9,264 3,413 4,884 9,945 Change % 3.2 -1.1 -0.7 -0.6 -0.7 -0.5 0.3 -2.6 -0.4 2013 POPULATION FACT SHEET -- Huron County, Ontario, Canada – Issue 1 2

Age distribution of Huron County Population Pyramid, 2011 children in Huron County 2011 Male Female

Number of children in Huron 85 years + 515 1,065 County: 10,085 Average number of children per 75-84 years 1,745 2,100 household: 1.0 65-74 years 3,080 3,215 55-64 years 4,480 4,510

10-14 0-4 45-54 years 4,395 4,510 years years 25-44 years 5,970 5,965 36.0% 32.3% 20-24 years 1,690 1,620 15-19 years 2,085 2,055 5-14 years 3,485 3,345

5-9 0-4 years 1,670 1,585 years 31.7% 8000 6000 4000 2000 0 2000 4000 6000 8000 Population

Percentage of households by household size Huron County, Ontario Number of persons in private

households: 57,885 Population density: 17.4 persons per square km 6 or Average number of more Land area: 3,399.63 square km 5 persons in persons private persons 3.4% 5.8% households: 2.4

4 persons 1 12.3% person 26.3%

2 3 persons persons 39.8% 12.3%

Data Source: . 2012. Huron, Ontario (Code 3540) and Ontario (Code 35) (table). Census Profile. 2011 Census. Statistics Canada Catalogue no. 98-316-XWE. Ottawa. Released October 24, 2012. Population density by municipality, Huron County 2011 Fact Sheet produced by: (number of persons per square kilometre)

Morris-Turnberry 9.1

Ashfield-Colborne-Wawanosh 9.5

County of Huron Howick 13.4 Economic Development Services Huron East 13.8 Phone: 1-888-524-8394 x 3 Email: [email protected] Central Huron 14.1

Bluewater 16.9

South Huron 23.4

North Huron 27.3 Huron Business Development Corporation Goderich 950.8 Phone: 519-527-0305 Email: [email protected] Number of persons per sq. km.